Alzheimer's
What does Alzheimer's affect? (broad answer)
Memory and thinking skills
What is Music Therapy?
Clinical music interventions to help accomplish individualized goals.
Nearly 2/3 of Alzheimer’s patients are _____?
Women
Two moms and two daughters are in a car, but there are only three people in the car. How?
A grandmother, her daughter, and her granddaughter
What is the biggest risk factor for Alzheimer's?
Increasing age
Name 5 activities done during a Music Therapy session
Adults who listen to music regularly have a 39% lower risk of developing ________?
What is a group of ladybugs called?
A Loveliness
True or False: Memory loss and confusion are a normal part of aging
False!!
What are the Effects of Music Therapy externally/emotionally? Name 7
Music therapy reduces agitation and medication needs in what percent of dementia patients?
66%
What is the only animal that cannot stick its tongue out?
Crocodile
Which protein is involved in neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's?
Tau Proteins
What parts of the brain involve the neural encoding of long known music? Why do Alzheimer's patients tend to remember music well?
Caudal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
Ventral pre‐supplementary motor area (pre‐SMA)
These areas of the brain have been proven to be the last brain regions to degenerate in patients with AD, which might explain why musical memory is well preserved in these individuals.
In a specific study, 79% of patients observed in music therapy programs showed improved what?
Memory Recall
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
What are abnormal clusters of protein fragments that build up between nerve cells called?
Tau Proteins
Explain why music therapy can help patients with Alzheimer's remember personal memories and reduce anxiety.
Music therapy invokes changes in the anterior hippocampus. This structure is also involved in episodic memory and anxiety regulation. Because both episodic memory, anxiety, and music evoked emotions are regulated here, it might explain the correlation between listening to music, being able to recall personal memories, and reduced anxiety.
DAILY DOUBLE!!
When was Alzheimer's first discovered? (You can give up to a 10 year range.)
1906
What is Anatidaephobia?
The fear of a duck watching you.